Spending program
Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit
Department of Employment and Social Development · Education, skills and employment
In fiscal year 2024–25, Department of Employment and Social Development spent $5.8 million on Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit, down from $12.8 million in 2023–24. That is $0.19 per tax filer.
Headline figures
Fiscal year 2024–25
$5.8M
0.1% of Education, skills and employment spending in 2024–25.
Down $7.0M from $12.8M in 2023–24.
$0.19per tax filer$0.14per person
Per tax filer uses 29,965,100 tax filers (2023, the latest count published); per person uses a population of 41,162,593 (2024). An allocation of cost, not a tax bill.
Show these figures as a table
| Fiscal year | Spending |
|---|---|
| 2021–22 | $946M |
| 2022–23 | $18.9M |
| 2023–24 | $12.8M |
| 2024–25 | $5.8M |
Source and basis
- GC InfoBase - Open Datasets, retrieved 2026-11-03. Open Government Licence - Canada.
- Actual spending reported by the department for this program, reconciled to Public Accounts expenditures by vote. Includes operating costs, capital and payments to others.
← All education, skills and employment spendingHow the figures are calculated